516, summer, Atlas Mountains.
In the evening, the team entered the Dorseo area and encountered a tribe with hundreds of families.
They also spotted the team and stepped forward to question them, but in local language.
Yamazaki asked Ali Workum to answer and told them that the goal of Yamazaki and his party was the city of Dorseo. Those who resisted will become slaves, and those who surrender will become free people.
While they were talking, the warriors of the tribe gathered.
Eighty bears rushed forward, braving the hail of arrows and rushing near their line, roaring loudly.
The distance was too close, and the horses couldn't bear the bear's breath, so they ran away in fear. The opponent's formation was suddenly in chaos, and it could be said that they were completely defeated.
Aliwalkum conveyed what Yamazaki wanted.
"We will not attack you. Just take your people, cattle, sheep and livestock and leave. Come back after we leave."
After the tribe left, they had no fixed place to live, as long as the people were there and the animals were there.
Yamasaki wanted to borrow their tent for one night, and also wanted their clay pots and oil for siege.
The reason for letting them go is to let the news out, attract the troops from Dorseo City, fight a field battle, eliminate some of their forces, and make the siege easier.
Of course, it doesn't matter if they don't come out. …
In the evening, Ali Workum and other officers gathered together to discuss whether they really wanted to participate in tomorrow's battle.
"If we don't participate, can we escape?"
"Yes, we are traveling lightly without armor."
"They are guarding us. They haven't even given us crossbows."
"Even if we want to kidnap them, there are bears guarding outside the main camp tent. I don't think we can get past them."
"It seems I can only participate. I hope I won't run into anyone I know."
"To be honest, I would like to kill a few acquaintances."
"Ha, me too."
"Then will we win?"
"Have you seen their powerful crossbows? They are almost invincible in field battles."
"And those bears, I don't think those gates can withstand their claws, I mean those metal claws."
"Yeah, I even think that if there were more of these powerful crossbows, they might be able to sweep across the entire continent, just like the Roman Empire."
"Then let's participate and establish our first meritorious service."
"I think it's okay."
"Then take part."
Eventually, everyone decided to participate.
In fact, they already want to participate, but they still need to convince themselves, and following the herd is a good reason. …
On the other side, Dorseo City.
When the news of an attack reached the city, it immediately caused an uproar, but when they learned that it was only a team of less than 3,000 people, it immediately aroused laughter.
So, a legion of regular troops, plus a legion of mobile troops, set out overnight to teach the arrogant fools a lesson and give them a night attack. …
In a temporary camp.
Yamasaki saw the actions of Dorseo's army through an owl, and asked Fro to gather the team, distribute crossbows and crossbow bolts, and then also go for a night attack.
Yamazaki could clearly see the opponent's movements through the owl. Without using torches, Yamazaki let the others take the reins and led the cavalry around to the flank to launch a night attack. Naturally, he also brought the people on the horse to the battlefield.
The sound of the horse's hooves wrapped in cloth did not spread very far, and the Dorsai soldiers who were rushing on their way with torches did not notice it.
Only when they got close to one arrow's distance did Dorsai's army realize the problem.
"The sound of horse hooves, enemy attack!"
"Fire forward at an elevated angle!"
"Boom! Whoosh!"
Amidst the vibration of two thousand metal crossbow strings, two thousand crossbow arrows flew out.
When winding, you hold the handle and rotate it with the rotating shaft, just like using the reel on a fishing rod, so it is very easy.
Only alloy crossbows and alloy crossbow bolts can make crossbows and crossbow bolts miniaturized and powerful.
The chaos caused by this wave of crossbow arrows made the Dorsai army a little confused, but their morale was still there.
"They're in the east, Rocket."
Some of the Dorsai troops fired scattered rockets for illumination, but when the rockets landed they did not find Yamazaki and the others.
Yamasaki made a visual inspection and saw that there was still about fifty meters left. At the same time, he waved his hand and asked Fro to order another attack.
"shooting!"
"Boom! Whoosh!"
The second round of crossbow Yayu appeared, but it was a bit messy because some people were slow to string it.
"Erect the shield!"
"charge!"
"retreat!"
Since no one was found, the command of Dorseo's army was a little confused.
The second wave of crossbow arrows rained down, making the scene even more chaotic.
Some people carried out the charge order, and some people carried out the retreat order.
"shooting!"
"Raise your shield! Rocket!"
The charging Dorseo army advanced under a hail of crossbow arrows. When the rockets fell, they finally saw the army led by Yamazaki.
"Back off! Shoot!"
"Keep spreading out and raise your shield!"
The charging Dorseo troops continued to disperse under the rain of crossbows, trying to use space to reduce casualties.
"retreat!"
The Gron family's army withdrew and turned to attack the Dorseo army that had just retreated and regrouped.
"Raise your shield and disperse."
Hearing the sound of crossbow strings, the assembled troops dispersed again.
However, I still ate the three-round crossbow arrow rain.
"retreat!"
The Gron family's army withdrew again, resting away from the battlefield, waiting for the Dorseo army to regroup before attacking again, and then retreating again.
This time, the Dorseo army did not dare to assemble on a large scale. They divided themselves into small groups to rescue the wounded and led them to retreat from the opposite direction.
Yamazaki did not pursue, and they also had to rest and prepare for the siege after dawn. …
Early morning, Dorseo City.
The defeated army who fled back to the city made the city's top management lose their sleep. They looked at the small but strong alloy crossbow arrows and made the decision to prepare for full war. They woke up the whole city with war drums and built city defenses.
When the sky turned white, Yamazaki led his troops to the city, causing the city to sound the war horn.
After the horn sound passed, Yamazaki asked everyone to speak together and tell the people in the city his decision.
All those who resist will become slaves, and all those who do not resist can become civilians. Under the governance of the Gron family, all civilians whose property is less than ten gold coins are exempt from paying all taxes forever.
Guaranteed in the name of God and the honor of the Gron family.
Those words made the people of Dorseo City confused.
The slaves looked at each other, and the civilians were talking about who the higher-ups looked like a traitor.
At this moment, the siege began.
There were no catapults, but there were golden eagles for throwing oil cans. Eight small oil cans fell from the sky one after another, sprinkling a large amount of oil on the city wall, and burned on their own with some smoke.
That's because Yamazaki mixed some phosphorus into the oil to prevent it from getting too close to the fire.
There was not much oil, but it also destroyed eight city defense crossbows and two catapults on both sides of the city gate, disrupting a section of the city wall. This was the desired effect.
There are no siege engines, but there are siege bears.
When there was a gap in the city defense, the two strongest bears took the opportunity to rush out and went straight to the city gate.
"Shoot! Shoot!"
The city defense crossbows were temporarily useless, but the archers were still there, but those arrows couldn't stop the two bears at all.
"Qiang! Qiang!..."
The two bears rushed under the city gate, and in the defensive blind spot, they used their alloy claws to dig out the connection between the iron gate and the wall bit by bit.
On the city wall, Nica the Golden Eagle dropped eight small oil tanks from high altitude again, disrupting another defensive area.
The city was panicked. If the city was destroyed, would they resist or not? This is a serious problem.
Seeing that the city gate was about to be dug down, the city gate was simply opened, and the army came out with thick shields.
Yamazaki saw it through Nika the golden eagle, and made the two bears retreat first.
The Dorseo army that went out consisted of three parts: 3,000 archers under the cover of 5,000 infantry, 1,000 heavy cavalry and 3,000 light cavalry, and finally 100 mobile city anti-ballista vehicles.
Yamazaki did not move. When the Dorseo army was out of the range of the city defense crossbows, the other seventy-eight bears emerged from the crossbow cavalry team.
"Roar!"
Eighty bears in full body armor roared in unison. Many of the cavalrymen in Dorseo's army were so frightened that they fell off their horses, and many of the infantry formations had their shields dropped.
Eighty bears charged, and Dorseo's archers fired, but found their arrows useless.
Next came the javelins of the infantry, which were also useless, and finally the spear array, which was still useless.
Eighty bears rushed straight into the formation, charging straight all the way, causing Dorseo's army to be in chaos and making many cavalry unable to control their mounts.
The crossbow cavalry took the opportunity to shoot at those who had lost their protection, killing and wounding more than a thousand people in one fell swoop. Their armor could not protect them at all.
Seeing this, the Dorsai troops blew their horns and charged.
The crossbow cavalry retreated, cocking the bow as they retreated, preparing to use their range to defeat the pursuers.
The bears in the formation also turned around, determined not to enter the range of the mobile city's anti-ballista vehicles.
Golden Eagle Nika airdropped oil tanks again, this time eight small oil tanks were dropped at the city gate, turning the place into a sea of fire with thick smoke, blocking the way back.
The morale of Dorseo's army was suddenly a little chaotic. They couldn't hit anyone in front of the formation, they could only be beaten. If they wanted to retreat, they had to go around the city wall to another gate. The distance was too long and they had to take many crossbow bolts.
And just when they were in a dilemma, the crossbow cavalry turned back and persuaded them to surrender, reiterated the words of persuading them to surrender just now, and promised that they would still be civilians who surrendered at this time.
The infantry surrendered, knowing that they would not be able to make it back to the city in time.
The cavalrymen then surrendered, too, for the bear came upon them, and the horses were frightened.
Finally, the mobile city's crossbow convoy also surrendered. They were auxiliary troops and were unable to resist.
As the army defected, the upper class in Dorseo City was in chaos, and the slaves rebelled. The situation in Dorseo City was over. If we don't rebel now, how long will it take? …
